Most journeys measured in decades belong to history books, not living adventurers. Karl Bushby’s round-the-world walking journey is the exception. Since 1998, the former British paratrooper has been on a single, unbroken walk from the southern tip of Chile to his childhood home in Hull, England — a route now estimated at close to 50,000 kilometres. How the Journey Began Bushby left Punta Arenas, Chile, on November 1, 1998, setting two personal rules that have defined the expedition ever since: he would not use any motorised transport, and he would…
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